For two years in a row, the Trump White House declined to issue a Pride Month proclamation, nor has it held a Pride reception, as the Obama White House did during the prior eight years. President Donald Trump has never acknowledged Pride while in office, and he’s continuously pandered to anti-LGBTQ religious conservatives who have enjoyed direct access to the White House while watching with glee as his administration has moved to harm LGBTQ rights. But in Germany, where I happened to be on vacation last week, the Trump administration went all out for Pride during Berlin’s annual Christopher Street Day celebration, which marked its 40th anniversary on July 28.